{
  "alert_number": "SR/00021/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-00021-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10097203",
  "safety_gate_published": "2026-01-07",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2026,
    "week": 1,
    "date": "2026-01-09"
  },
  "category": "Other - Automotive accessories",
  "product": "Steering wheel cover",
  "brand_as_notified": "Loocar Accessories",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Loocar Accessories",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/loocaraccessories"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Steering wheel Cover",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "3APSWCB40",
  "barcode_as_notified": "1000000000108",
  "barcodes": [
    "1000000000108"
  ],
  "description": "Car steering wheel",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The plastic of the product has an excessive concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), ) notably Benzo (a)pyrene (BaP), Benzo (e)pyrene (BeP), Benz (a)anthracene (BaA), Chrysene (CHR), Benzo (b)fluoranthene (BbFA), Benzo (j)fluoranthene (BjFA, Benzo (k)fluoranthene (BkFA), and Dibenz(a,h)anthracene (DBAhA) (measured values: 7.2 mg/kg, 7.1 mg/kg, 35.2 mg/kg, 27.6 mg/kg, 7.5 mg/kg, 2.6 mg/kg, 3.6 mg/kg and 0.6 mg/kg by weight respectively).These PAHs may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "4 Dec 2025"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 04/12/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Cyprus",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "1000000000108"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "3APSWCB40"
    ],
    "models": []
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}